A sanctuary of survivor-led theology, resurrection writing, and Isaiah reflections — rooted in embodied faith, trauma-informed restoration, and the presence of Real Jesus.
If your harm was not a moment but a world — a closed captivity system where sacred language, power, and no-exit design converged — you are in the right place.
Many survivors come from closed spiritual systems, where devotion was fused with fear and the body
learned to brace for God. Some systems are familial, some spiritual, some institutional, and many are layered. Here, recognition is enough to begin.
Welcome to The Gentle Rise — a sanctuary for the sealed, the scattered, and the ones who never stopped listening for God in the dark.
If you need a softer beginning before the framework language, you can start with Tilling Mustard Seeds.
To begin, you can enter through the Captivity-Informed Theology: A Survivor-led Framework, the Captivity Lens, or the Rare Spiritual Predator Glossary — whichever feels safest to your nervous system.
This is not a traditional blog.
This is a resurrection space.
Here, I write from the other side of captivity —
not just about trauma,
but about what God did when no one else could.
Not performative healing.
Not polished theology.
But God-raised reality, offered gently, one breath at a time.
✨ What You’ll Find Here
- Resurrection writing — reflections and declarations written from inside the seal, post-tomb.
- The Gentle Rise | Weekly Isaiah Series — Scripture-centered, trauma-informed meditations for those walking out of exile and into Light.
- Embodied theology — survivor-rooted frameworks that speak to neurodivergence, spiritual abuse, and essence restoration through Jesus.
- Earlier writings from captivity — sacred, trauma-informed posts written while still surviving, still carrying, still unseen.
This sanctuary holds both.
The cry from inside and the breath from beyond.
You don’t have to catch up.
You don’t have to prove anything.
You can begin wherever your soul says “yes.”
🕊 A Note to Those Still in the Fire
If you’re not in the resurrection phase yet —
if you’re still shaking, or questioning, or surviving in place —
my earlier work was written with you in mind.
The Gentle Psalm Journey,
the trauma-informed reflections,
the language of captivity and survival —
those are not invalid now.
They were how I lived. They were how I got out.
You can rest in them without needing to rise yet.
🎥 Begin Here: God Did This
January 1 | The First Breath of Resurrection
This video was the turning point.
The first moment I spoke publicly from the resurrection arc —
not as a survivor seeking healing,
but as a daughter who had already been raised.
I no longer write from trauma.
I no longer interpret through the captivity lens alone.
I write from the seal.
From the breath God gave me.
From the truth of the One who never left.
This is the start of The Gentle Rise.
If you’re wondering what this sanctuary holds —
begin here.
You are welcome to visit my sister sanctuary on YouTube, where more video offerings wait quietly for you— whenever you feel ready to receive them.
🌸 You Are Safe Here
Whether you stay in the older writings,
step into the resurrection rhythm,
or simply need to breathe in silence for a while—
May you remember:
You are not forgotten.
You are not too much.
You are not too late.
And you do not rise alone.
The Gentle Rise 